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Damaged floating U.S. debarkation port after a Luftwaffe attack (WW2)
A floating U.S. debarkation port destroyed by German Luftwaffe aricraft attack during World War 2. Makeshift bridge partially submerged. A United States Army truck teeters in bombed bridge. Some United States soldiers stand near a structure destroyed by German forces. A United States Navy ship is listing to port. Violent waves crash on destroyed floating port.
Men unload large incendiary bombs, arming sky markers before storage in bomb dumps (WWII)
Incendiary bomb storage in Allied bomb dumps during World War II. Incendiary bombs are neatly stacked in a bomb dump. A truck backing on the right of the pile. Men unload wooden crates and large incendiary bombs from trucks. Man unloads crates containing 100-pound M47A2 bombs. Men unpack bomb from its wooden protective crate. 500-pound PT-1 Pyrogel-filled AN-M76 bomb is rolled off from the truck. The AN-M76 is also called "Blockburner" or "Goop". Technicians remove the shipping bands off the AN-M76. Truck crane carries an AN-M76 bomb. Stacks of AN-M76 bombs are stacked in the bomb dump. Men carefully place the bomb in the stack. Men flip the crate containing an M17 Aimable Cluster bomb. Men unpacking the M17 500lb Aimable Incendiary Cluster Bomb. Technicians remove the tape and cuts the wires securing the incendiary bomb. A man removes the protective frame of a bomb. The men roll an M17 Aimable Cluster bomb to a stack. Two men stand in front of a shed with a door sign “Bursters”. Man opens a crate, inspects bursters. A Chemical Warfare officer shows a sky marker (made from a converted M47 bomb casing filled with FM smoke producing solution) while other soldiers look on. The Chemical Warfare officer demonstrates the method of arming the sky marker with a modified US 101 fuse. A sky marker is sealed with a rubber washer and a plastic disc. A threaded aluminum fuse adapter and another fuze are inserted. A flange is bolted down. Men marking sky markers prior to storage in bomb dumps. Wooden sign reads “DANGER ACID”.
United States Eighth Air Force command headquarters WW2.
United States Eighth Air Force officials deliberate and issue field orders to drop bombs during World War II. Writing on the frosted glass door reads “Operations A3”. A sign in door reads “No Admittance Briefing in Progress”. Daily operations conference headquarters of the Eighth Air Force. The commanding general shares his plan of action. Map of the United Kingdom and Ireland is seen behind the general. The assistant of the commanding general uses a long stick to point to a wall map. Eighth Air Force officials review a map on the desk. An official shows the commanding general a place on the map. The general makes a decision. An officer from the general’s officer makes a call. Men and women using teletype to write field orders and messages. Operational staff of air division headquarters discuss important details regarding the new field order. Operational staff member points to a large wall map. Other officers listen during a meeting. The chemical officer puts down his phone after a call.
Aerial views from German aircraft flying over the Balkans during World War 2.
Film begins with map of the Balkan States including labels for Serbia, Crotia, Hungary, Romania. Next, a Junkers 88 bomber aircraft takes off from an airfield and climbs out close to the camera. It flies high between cloud layers above. View from pilot cockpit of the right engine as the aircraft flies above a solid cloud formation below. Rearward view of the aircraft's vertical stabilizer against backdrop of cumulus clouds. Aerial views of some roads, bridges, and rivers in rugged terrain below. View from low in the aircraft, of crewman silhouetted against canopy. A city seen below. Another view from copilot's seat of the right engine running. Final scene shows aerial view of the city of Sophia, capital of Bulgaria, below.
German and Hungarian troops fortify hills in the Carpathians and battle Soviet tanks
German and Hungarian troops fortify hills in the Carpathians during World War 2. Map shows areas of conflict along the range. German soldiers and Hungarian soldiers on a hill near an artillery piece. Soldiers digging. They put up barbed wire along the camp boundary. Tents in the camp area. German soldiers bathe beside Panzerwerfer 42 auf Maultier (Sd.Kfz. 4/1) that they have parked partially submerged in water. German soldiers driving in a Volkswagen Schwimmwagen enter water. German soldier uses pole to push read propeller into position and vehicle is propelled in water. View of a line of Volkswagen Schwimmwagen amphibious vehicles driving in a stream and crossing it to the other side. Soldiers cross a bridge. Hungarian 40M Turán I medium tank driving on a dirt road. Close up profile view of a German soldier as he looks through binoculars while in a foxhole position. Smoke due to bombardment as German artillery fires on Soviet positions on battlefield. More views of closeup of dirty face of German soldier wearing combat helmet. Russian troops and tanks advance towards the Germans and Hungarians. German soldiers fire on a Soviet T34 tank. Hungarian soldier crouched in a foxhole and surveying battle. German soldiers riding along German lines in a Sd.Kfz. 251 half-track armored personnel carrier. Marder III Ausf. H tank destroyer with Pak 40 anti-tank gun firing on Soviet tanks. German and Hungarian officers seen monitoring and directing battle. Soldiers advances through a burning village.
Canadian troops occupy a German flying bomb launching site and describe launching apparatus in Flanders, France.
Canadian troops occupy a German flying bomb launching site in Flanders, France. Map of France. Long rocket launching ramp. View of pistons that propel buzz bomb during take off. Allied pilot takes photographs. Canadian troops inspect the ramp mounted with a 400 pound piston. Canadian troops carry V-2 bombs and load them on to piston. The operation of the V-2 and launching apparatus: Man operates remote control boxes for launching. Soldier handles jet nozzle assembly. Jet propulsion engine is used for fire piston set off explosives. Compressed air bottle supply power for gyro pilots. Servo motors moves radar and elevator. Unexploded head contains explosives for bomb. Diagram shows flying bomb and its parts. View of a bomb site. (World War II period).